2008 Fall Meeting for TB Controllers
Note about CEU/CME at TB Controllers meeting :
CMEs/CEUs won’t be available for this meeting. In order to acquire credits we need final agenda items three months in advance (July for an October meeting.) Since our Executive Committee transition meetings occur in June each year, it is unlikely we will secure credits for this meeting in the future.
October 3, 2008
California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch
850 Marina Bay Parkway
Richmond, CA
I. Review of Agenda, Housekeeping, and Introductions - Richard Tezak
II. TBCB: Information and tools for TB Control in California
A. Current Epidemiological Report – XDR and MDR (Jennifer Flood)
B. Technical Instructions: B immigrants & need to repeat TB Skin Test or chest x-ray (Jennifer Flood)
C. Integration of HIV testing at client level / HIV on RVCT (James Watt)
D. Local Assistance Awards (Sue Spieldenner)
a. Federal TB Cooperative Agreement
b. Updated two-year allocation cycle, FY's 2008/2009 and 2009/2010
c. Funding complexity, acuity vs. morbidity; defining acuity
d. Planning and allocation of local assistance funds, options (Workgroup Motion)
III. Old Business
A. February TB Controllers Meeting Minutes (Richard Tezak)
B. All Facilities Letter (Julie Low)
C. Impact of budget cuts on LHJs (Barbara Cole)
D. Colleges & Universities Survey: Next Steps to effectively control TB in college communities (Barbara Cole)
IV. EC Committees/Workgroup Reports (written reports were not discussed)
A. Spring Conference (Charlie Crane, Richard Tezak)
B. CTCA Work Plan presentation & discussion (Barbara Cole)
C. Guidelines - Priorities for Revisions/New Guidelines1. Pediatric INH Dosing in the LTBI Treatment Guidelines
V. Advocacy
A. State Efforts:
1. World TB Day: Making the most of the media moment for Local Health Jurisdictions, CDPH, the American Lung Association of California, Breathe California, RESULTS, CDC, NTCA, ATS, and other partners. (Andy Weisser, ALAC VP Communications)
2. TB testing by Unlicensed Assistive Personnel – continue beyond 2011, barriers ( Bob Benjamin)
3. SB 356
B. National Efforts: Appropriations, TB Legislation (Bob Benjamin, Carol Pozsik)
C. Local Efforts: Defending against local cuts, gaining local funding (Richard Tezak)
VI. New Business, Items from the Floor
A. Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standards (Barbara Cole)
B. Reprioritizing workload for a Non-TB outbreak (Helene Calvet)
C. Update from the Expert Committee on IGRAs (Helene Calvet)
D. Correctional Health Parole Notification issue (Janet Mohle-Boetani)
E. Francis J. Curry National TB Center Announcements (Kay Wallis)